Total rewards and its effects on organisational commitment in higher education institutions

SA Journal of Human Resource Management

 
 
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Title Total rewards and its effects on organisational commitment in higher education institutions
 
Creator Mabaso, Calvin M. Dlamini, Bongani I.
 
Subject human resources management total rewards; organisational commitment; talent retention; compensation; recognition
Description Orientation: Retaining staff with special endeavours within higher education institutions has become a top priority and crucial for any organisational productivity and competiveness. Attracting and retaining talent has remained a critical and complex issue for human capital management in organisations.Research purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of total rewards on organisational commitment measured by Total Rewards Scale and Organisational Commitment Questionnaire.Motivation for the study: There is paucity in research on the impact of total rewards on organisational commitment. Commitment of academic staff is significant as higher education institutions are influential in the development of a country.Research design, approach and method: This study employed the quantitative research method using a survey design. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect survey data. A sample of 279 academic staff, which was the total population of participants, was selected for this study.Main findings: Results show a positive and significant correlation between elements of total rewards (performance management, 0.387; recognition, 0.335; talent development and career opportunities, 0.328; compensation, 0.231; benefits, 0.213; work–life balance, 0.024) and organisational commitment. A variance of 52.3% of total rewards explained organisational commitment. Performance management, compensation, benefits, recognition, talent development and career opportunities significantly predicted organisational commitment. However, work–life balance indicated a negative effect on organisational commitment.Practical managerial implications: Findings of the study has implications to managers because they have to encourage and promote total rewards in order to enforce talent retention within higher education institutions for the benefit of both institutions and employees.Contribution: The results are important to managers with great interest in talent retention and can be used as guideline to develop rewards strategy.
 
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Date 2018-05-17
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Survey
Format text/html application/epub+zip application/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/sajhrm.v16i0.913
 
Source SA Journal of Human Resource Management; Vol 16 (2018); 8 pages 2071-078X 1683-7584
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage South Africa — —
Rights Copyright (c) 2018 Calvin M. Mabaso, Bongani I. Dlamini https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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